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1. And it came to pass that after I , Moroni, had read these things I was exceedingly glad, for surely the Lord our God is no respecter of persons and is quick to bless the obedient with the desires of their heart.
2. For I also, even as the brother of Jared, have received this selfsame spiritual experience.
3. And I asked the father saying: surely O Lord,
These things are done with a purpose, and surely all things bear witness of thy glory .
4. Wherefore O Lord, be ye so merciful as to show me the meaning of these things, and how it is that I thy servant may assist others to experience this selfsame joy?
5. And his word was unto me saying: behold my son, thou hast received these things in similitude of the death and resurrection of the son of man, even the savior of the world.
6. And as all men die, so shall they rise again.
7. Those who die in the messiah arise in the messiah, and toward this end have I given unto man the renewing ordinance of immersion in water.
8. That through this token gesture the mystery of rebirth may be mystically enacted in the lives of all they that participate therein.
9. And I said unto the Lord, how is this thing done?
10. And the spirit spoke unto me saying: it is given unto man many mysteries, but the greatest mystery man may receive is the mystery of the messiah.
11. This mystery is more precious than all the other gifts, and comes to man through the effectual workings of grace; and that only to the repentant.
12. This mystery is precious indeed, for therein hideth salvation.
13. And there is no other way given under heaven whereby man may be saved, coming up to join the throngs who praise the Elohim above.
14. All men who receive this mystery, receive such undeservedly, for all are under sin.
15. Conceived in sin, brought up in sin, and receive the ordinances of salvation in sin, thereafter being made free.
16. Now it is not possible for a wicked man to receive all at once the mystery of the messiah, for no unclean thing can abide the pure fire of his presence.
17. It is therefore needful that one first be allegorically reborn in the spirit through the spiritual counterpart of the ordinance of baptism.
18. For in so being born again, that one is no longer conceived in sin, but in purity.
19. Yet even' the elect can fall from grace, therefore how easy is it for the newly born, innocent and immature, to return once again to the filth and vomit of their old ways.
20. Wherefore, in knowledge of this, the Lord God giveth unto man additional ordinances to further impart light and prepare those who seek perfection for the purity that awaits them.
21. Therefore, before man lieth a continual progression of ordinance upon ordinance, law upon law, light upon light.
22. Thus before man lieth the path to perfect peace and purity, and all this through the mystery of the son of God, who is the messiah.
23. And now I, Moroni, return to the record of Mohonri Moriancumer which the Lord my God hath suffered to abide even now in my hands.
24. And all this that the elect might be saved and the pure of heart redeemed from the curse of ignorance.
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